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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes
8 sourced quotes from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi across Flow State.
“The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times. The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.”
“Contrary to what we usually believe, the best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times — they are the moments when we are completely absorbed.”
“Happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It does not depend on outside events, but rather, on how we interpret them.”
“The autotelic personality finds value in doing things for their own sake.”
“To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments.”
“Flow is the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter.”
“The body is always with us, but the self disappears in flow.”
“The Zen state of "no mind" is the same state the climber calls being in the zone. The vocabulary differs; the experience does not.”